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$300 Hack: No replacement for busted Samsung laptop switch…

The thing with netbooks and other small machines is that you can’t easily find replacements for those little parts such as a power switch – yes that power switch. It’s a sliding push button switch On this particular Samsung model and the service center wont supply such parts, but only the whole motherboard which is around $300. Now would you buy a whole new motherboard just because of that little switch?

Maybe its time to do some hacking…

Constant wear and tear has caused the sliding switch to jump out and disappear on this particular model, and buying a new motherboard is not really practical.

See that gaping hole where the switch used to be. Turning on this machine has been a constant struggle – you’d have to use a pin or a straightened paper clip to prod the broken switch from inside, and it’s not that easy if you do it everyday…

Time for the hack…

Remove all the screws at the bottom to open the machine…

Once all the screws are out, slowly slide out the keyboard.

Unfasten the cable tightener to let the cable loose…

Once loosened, slowly pull the cable.

Once the keyboard is out, proceed with opening the machine to reveal the motherboard where the switch resides…

Slowly separate the front and back plastics covering the motherboard using a flat screw driver…

Slowly separate the plastics moving the screw driver from left to write…

Repeat the process all the way until you’re back where you started…

You’ll see the motherboard once the bottom plastic is removed…

Disconnect all peripherals starting with this hard drive – you can actually start with any peripheral…

Disconnect the hard drive cable…

Yup remove this wifi card too…

Totally disconnect the card to free the motherboard…

Yes this video cable also needs to be disconnected…

Remove the speaker cable…

Make sure it’s out of the way…

Yup, disconnect this track pad cable too…

Remove the motherboard from the front plastic. This particular model only has 2 screws to hold the motherboard…

… and the second motherboard screw…

You need to totally free the motherboard because the power switch is located on that side facing the front plastic…

There’s the defective switch…

No you can’t find this switch anywhere…

I’ve marked the hot terminals. You can use a continuity tester to find the right terminals…

Solder wires to the hot terminals…

There you go…

Find a suitable normally open push button switch…

This micro switch is the best that I could find…

Yup, this one…

You’ve got to solder the wires to the switch’s terminals…

Finish with a super glue…

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Super Typhoon Yolanda wreaks havoc…

First, the earthquake, now a super typhoon… You know the drill – when it rains, it pours, and pour it did as Yolanda tore the province of Cebu with record speed of 315 km/hr making it one of the strongest, if not the strongest super typhoon ever. The damage it brought to the northern part of Cebu province is all over the internet but here’s what it did to my neighborhood…

Yes, we are lucky enough compared to the rest of the province. We only had 1.5 days of no water and electricity but the rest of the northern part of our province is still in darkness and needs water and food…

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How to Capture your Screen using Jing

December 21, 2012

Doing tutorials on the web or simply sending out technical instructions to friends and relatives are now made easy using Jing –Techsmith’s free version of their very popular “camtasia”. Other cheaper alternatives to camtasia like camstudio or debut requires specific system requirements, but Jing only requires your system’s capability for .net framework and you’re good to go.

Unlike native software like the windows snipping tool, Jing provides quick upload and sharing of your image or video straight right to it’s sharing platform “screencast”. Once you are done with your capture, you can immediately upload the material to screencast and send the link to your recipients.

So go and get Jing today at Techsmith’s website and enjoy…

Watch this video for more info

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Best Computer Tune-up Tool: CCleaner Download

(NOTE: Please read the instruction in this article, before using this tool.)

If you are looking for the best computer tune up tool, your search stops with CCleaner. This tool is ultra light weight and really fast… I’ve tried all the so called computer tune up tools until my search ended with CCleaner. My first encounter with this efficient little tool was during my stint with Dell Computers where I worked as a phone tech support fixing and repairing laptops and desktops over the phone. This is the tool that my colleagues recommend… When I tried it, I never looked for any other tool again…

CCleaner is a freeware computer optimizer and cache and cookies cleaner. It removes unused files from your computer, freeing valuable disk space, thus allowing your computer to run faster and. It efficiently cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history and cookies. It also contains a fully featured registry cleaner, and the best part is that it’s really fast, normally taking less than a few seconds to run. It instantly removes Spyware and Adware.

CCleaner removes the browsing history (cache) and third party applications such as cookies and ad trackers for most browsers –Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari. It also removes unused data in the Recycle Bin, recent documents, temporary files and log files.

Its full featured registry cleaner exceeds all so called registry cleaners out there that does nothing more than get your money…

CCleaner is 100% free, unless if you want a dedicated support hotline and automatic software updates then you have to upgrade to the Pro Version…

CCleaner also allows you to analyze the data in your computer first, before you proceed with actually deleting the unwanted files… For those who are fond of saving passwords in the browsers just like me, you can just click the “applications” tab and uncheck “saved password” so it won’t erase the saved passwords in your browser…

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Free Landing Pages (Minisites)

December 2, 2012

A landing page or mini site as opposed to a full website is a one page webpage or site that offers information or more often offers information about a product. So in effect the landing page or mini site is a sales page. It is called a landing page because this is the site where people are taken to when they click a banner ad or an affiliate URL. The landing page or mini site can act as your online sales man. The effectiveness of the landing page acting as your online sales man hinges on the text or sales copy written all over the page. For quick insights in writing an effective ad copy, look at this site by one of the world’s leading copy writers (click) –> Copy Writing with John Carlton.

It has been observed that most people do not buy products online the first time they see your sales page. Most internet marketers would have to employ pre-loaded automatic follow up messages through an autoresponder. You need to create webform for this in your autoresponder and prepare follow up messages in the messages tab. To create a webform go HERE. To be able to send the follow up messages, your landing page should of course have a webform –the box that asks for the name and email of the web visitor.

Several online services offer landing page creator software at affordable prices but if you are looking for a quick landing page that is totally FREE, you can go here (click) FREE Landing Page Creator. The site offers complete landing page features plus video guides.

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